Artist's impression — not contractualLES VILLAS DE BEAUVALLON
Grimaud (83)
T6 — Delivery T1 2029
French Riviera
The Riviera remains one of Europe’s most sought-after markets for a second home. New-build here is rare and low-key — and the purchase, often financed by the proceeds of a sale, almost always calls for thought about succession.
Cap d’Antibes · Cannes — Californie · Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat · Villefranche-sur-Mer · Nice — Cimiez
A light, a clientele, a Mediterranean art of living
Between Cannes and the Italian border, the Riviera coastline lines up a handful of exceptional areas: the Cap d’Antibes peninsula, the heights of Californie in Cannes, the absolute rarity of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, the hills of Cimiez overlooking Nice. Here you buy an address, a view, an aspect — and a way of life turned towards the sea, the pines and the climate.
The clientele is international and wealth-minded. Many buyers arrive after selling a company and seek, in Riviera property, both a family home and a transmissible asset. It is a market where discretion and selection matter more than volume.
A constrained and discreet coastal new-build market
The Coastal Act and the scarcity of land sharply limit new construction in these areas. The developments are small, few and far between, finished to a high standard, and demand — largely international — remains greater than supply. The second home dominates, with strong requirements on view, aspect and finishes.
- Scarce land and the Coastal Act: few new operations, small in size.
- International demand structurally greater than supply.
- The second home dominates, highly selective on view and aspect.
- A market of discretion, where selection matters more than volume.
Currently on the market in this territory
Artist's impression — not contractual
Artist's impression — not contractualPATIO RUBEN
Saint-Tropez (83)
T3 · T4 · T5 — Delivery T2 2028
Artist's impression — not contractualSERENITY
Saint-Tropez (83)
T4 — Delivery T4 2027
Artist's impression — not contractualLES GRANDES BASTIDES
Mougins (06)
T6 — Delivery T1 2028
Artist's impression — not contractualLES COSTES - DOMAINE PRIVE
Mougins (06)
T5 · T6 — Delivery T1 2028
Artist's impression — not contractualGARE DU SUD - VILLA ROSSA
Nice (06)
T3 · T4 · T5 — Delivery T3 2026
Non-exhaustive selection, shown for illustration — availability may change. This is not an offer for sale: every project begins with a personal study.
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Here, the stake is not tax in the sense of a saving: a second home enters the IFI base in full, and placing the property in an SCI changes nothing about this as long as you keep the usufruct. The point of a family SCI lies elsewhere: passing it on in fractions of shares, over the years and the allowances. We set out its logic and its limits; the articles, the timetable of gifts and any split ownership are drafted with your notaire.
A real-life case
- Profile
- Entrepreneur, 58, after selling his company, household liable to the IFI.
- Project
- New-build second home (off-plan), Cap d’Antibes area, around €1.6m, held through an income-tax family SCI.
- Structure
- Property held by a family SCI; a gift of the bare ownership of the shares to the children, with the usufruct retained. Passed on in fractions at the pace of the allowances.
- 100% of the value — the 30% allowance (art. 973) applies only to the main homeSecond home in the IFI base
- 50% of the value — scale under art. 669 CGIBare ownership of the shares (donor aged 58)
- up to €100,000 per parent per child, every 15 years — arts. 779 and 784 CGIAllowance on gifts
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